Almost 3 weeks since the new file management platform launched, and things are getting better. i was able to send out cases, for one! i sent out like 5 or 6 cases, which means my points should jump. i'll only find out at the start of september, so here's hoping for good news.

had a couple of weird dreams over the past couple of days. first was that i moved back to my JET house. the enclave where it's located is on flat land in real life, but the houses there were more luxurious (with bedrooms that looked like hotel rooms), and on terraces built into the hillside in my dream. they looked so pretty! i also dreamt that one of my colleagues and his family consisting of a wife and kids would be moving in with me, and i gave them a tour of the surrounding area. weird thing is i barely talk to that colleague! dream #2 was even weirder. i was at a hot guy's place...we might have been dating? i was in his bed, more specifically. i remember that we had to get ready to go somewhere, and i was travelling down the CTE tunnel. the annoying thing is, i don't remember what his face looks like! i'm pretty sure he's someone i know in real life, or at least have talked to. maybe someone i meet will jog my memory.

sickness update too. i tested negative on monday morning, but i'm still coughing a little. brain function is about 85%, which was good enough for me to tackle a challenging case yesterday and today. if i finish this case, i'll just need to finish 2 more by september, which is plenty of time. should ask for more cases soon, but perhaps after IP week.

crochet guy has been asking to meet over the past week. normally i'd be happy to have him over or even meet him outside, but there are some things that made me have mixed feelings about it recently. see, usually i'm the one to initiate meeting up with him. but since i indicated my interest to buy insurance for him, he's been quite persistent in wanting to meet up with me. i guess it's because he wants to close the deal. and that makes me have second thoughts, because it seems like he's only taking initiative to meet me because there's a potential financial incentive. i really think his communication needs improvement. that's why i'll probably only get a smaller policy with him, and let him prove himself before i decide to trust him with more money.

my social calendar is going to be kind of full for the next few days. dinner with scary JC friend and her boyfriend tomorrow, to use the voucher that we won at the sake festival. usual routine on saturday, and IP week for 2 days next week. i think i should have enough social battery to get through it all.

-random thought of the day: Planning a few other restaurant visits!-